Functionality
A pool house not only looks
good, but it also is a fantastic place to entertain
if you have children, if you plan to have alfresco parties
or if elegant outdoor dining is in your future. A pool
house is one of those havens that will make your day,
almost every day.
Adding a pool house means
more than simply keeping grassy feet off the Oriental
carpet. It is about having the ability to entertain
elegantly outside in the afternoon or on a balmy evening
under the stars. It is about convenience, just as indoor
plumbing and central heating (once considered luxuries)
have replaced the outhouse and the open fire. Think
about not having to run inside the house to greet your
guests, one by one, as they arrive.
Pool house adds elegance
A pool house adds elegance, convenience and value to any home. It's happening all over America. In increasing numbers swimming pool owners recognize the incomparable virtues of pool houses, or cabanas, as they are sometimes known. With lower borrowing rates so encouraging and following on the heels of high Wall Street profits, American families are not only buying swimming pools in record numbers but they are also adding amenities that make outdoor leisure living more enjoyable. "Adding a pool house to a swimming pool n architect who has designed dozens of poolside structures. "It's about a serious commitment to an elegant, out-door lifestyle." But for children it is more than elegance or lifestyle; it's about having friends over and not getting into trouble with Mom over wet feet and messy rooms in the house. That's especially true if the pool house has a changing room, a bathroom and a small entertainment/kitchen area. "We're seeing a great demand for larger pool house plans, Throughout the past century, which accounts for most of the world's construction of swimming pools and pool houses, architects have had and continue to have the greatest influence on pool house construction. "I'm not absolutely positive," "but my guess is that better than 50% of all pool houses built or sold today are through the old traditional route: the homeowner buys a swimming pool, then hires an architect to design a space that complements the family's lifestyle, the house and, especially, its pocketbook." The third way homeowners buy or build a pool house is by ordering one through a local builder/retailer or from a catalog. "Don't confuse pool houses with the sheds you see in lumber yards and garden centers, strong in the "We've been building pool houses for over ten years and are constantly updating our designs.
